A section of New York City on Manhattan Island east of Fifth Avenue. The northern part, approximately between 57th Street and 96th Street, is also known as the Upper East Side and includes many fashionable shops and residences. The Lower East Side, south of 14th Street, was long a home to immigrants from eastern Europe. the East Side the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York, lived in mostly by poor people who have come to the US from other countries
the Lower East Side the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City, which used to be a poor part of the city, but is now a fashionable place for artists and writers to live